Tag: Canada Border Services Agency

CBSA reports major opium seizure at B.C. facility

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The Canada Border Services Agency says officers at a Delta inspection facility seized 520.6 kilograms of opium concealed inside rolls of paper in January.

$18M contract awarded for new Paterson border crossing

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Greyback Construction Ltd. will do the work over two years. The crossing is expected to remain open the entire time.

Border workers avoid strike as mediation resumes

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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) narrowly avoided a strike as negotiations between the union and their employer resumed. Customs...

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Former firefighter helps bus crash victims near Mackenzie

Emergency Services
A former firefighter's quick thinking and emergency training helped passengers in Wednesday's Highway 39 bus crash, about four kilometres south of Mackenzie.

What’s in the federal budget for B.C.?

Economy
B.C. political leaders are weighing in on the latest federal budget, which proposes billions in investments for forestry, mining, energy and infrastructure projects across the province.

Interfor posts $45 million loss in Q3

Business
Interfor says that is compared to net earnings of $1 million in the second quarter of this year and a net loss of nearly $216 million in the third quarter of last year.

CAF provides update on recovery of injured Wainwright personnel

National
Fourteen Canadian Armed Forces members injured in the Oct. 17 fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright have been released from hospital, while 25 remain hospitalized.

Kootenay unemployment rate hit 18-month low in October

Labour
Statistics Canada says the rate stood at 4.1 per cent in October, down from 4.9 per cent the previous month, and down from 6.3 cent in October 2025.
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